Third Biennial Conference on Religion and American Culture, Indianapolis, June 6-9 2013

We are pleased to
announce the Third Biennial Conference on Religion and American Culture, to be
held at the Sheraton Indianapolis City Centre Hotel, June 6 through June 9. The
overarching themes of this third biennial conference will be “thinking again
about old topics” and “new developments.” Scholars from multiple
perspectives will serve on multidisciplinary panels. The conference schedule is
given below.

Like the conferences in
2009 and 2011, the room will be set up in a circle with audience members on
risers around the central round table. This set-up promotes more participation
from the audience and deeper conversation among the panelists and those
surrounding them. The hotel is again conveniently located in downtown
Indianapolis among restaurants, museums, and public parks – all very conducive
to continuing over coffee and meals those conversations begun in sessions.

Thanks to a grant from
Lilly Endowment, we have reserved a block of rooms at the Sheraton Indianapolis
City Centre Hotel at the special rate of $79 per night. Once those rooms have
sold out, rooms will be available at the going room rate, so please be sure to
reserve your room right away. The Sheraton is offering a special self-parking
rate of $10 per night, easily the best deal in town.

Early registration rates
are available until May 15. These early rates are $90 for professionals and $50
for students. Registration after May 15 will be at the onsite rate of $120 for
professionals and $70 for students.

To register for the
conference and reserve your room, please go to www.raac.iupui.edu.
(Note: the special hotel rate of $79 will not appear on the screen or on the
automated response but will be confirmed by a second email from the hotel.)
That website also contains longer descriptions of each session.